Ashley Giles' tenure as England's new limited-overs coach may have got off to a stumbling start against India A today, but Ian Bell sees no reason for panic.

Giles was taking charge of his country for the first time since inheriting the 50 and 20-over sides from team director Andy Flower but was forced to settle for a disappointing 53-run defeat.

The match was one of two warm-ups ahead of the five-match ODI series against India, but there was nothing warm about proceedings at the Palam Services Ground, where bracing temperatures and a thick cloud of fog caused a reduction to 39 overs per side.

The hosts managed 224 for four batting first, with England - minus captain Alastair Cook who missed out due to a cold - responding with 175 all out, well short of a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 229.

Bell had more reason to smile than the rest of his team-mates, managing 91 in 89 balls at the top of the innings and insisted the result need not derail England's plans for the series.

"Obviously it is disappointing today but we can learn from these mistakes," he said.

"We were desperate to win today and it wasn't to be, but hopefully we can go forward now. We have the talent and the quality to win the first ODI and that's what we'll be focusing on.

"Hopefully we can put in a good performance in the next warm-up game (against a Delhi XI on Tuesday)."

Everyone except Bell fell well short of expectations on a track that saw three India A batsmen - Abhinav Mukund, Murali Vijay and Kedar Jadhav - score half centuries.